Michael Wassegijig Price

Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Adaptation, 2011

Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Adaptation

2011 University of Montana
Original Organizer, First Year 2011

This one-day symposium introduced and discussed the issues of climate change and the impacts, both potential and real, affecting indigenous peoples in the northern hemisphere.

Presenters included: Nobel Peace Prize awardee: Steve Running, Accomplished Scholar: Daniel Wildcat, senior environmental research scientist: Nancy Maynard, USGS research scientist: Margaret Hiza-Redsteer, Professor Emeritus of Harvard University: Leroy Little Bear, and Indian Law professor: Elizabeth Kronk.

I continue to get communication from interested parties regarding the conference so the site continues to be live.

Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Adaptation website →

National Geographic's Emerging Explorers Program

Casabindo

2005 Salta, Argentina
Participant

The National Geographic Society actively seeks the next generation of adventurers, photographers and explorers who will carry on the work of the society.

I was chosen to accompany Constanza Ceruti, a high-alititude archaeologist, for three days to explore Incan archaeological sites and visit surrounding communities in the mountains of South America.

Tri-National Human Rights Delegation to Chiapas, Mexico

1998 Mexico Solidarity Network, White Bison, Inc
Participant

Sponsored by the Mexico Solidarity Network, this was the first delgation to Chiapas to investigate increasing militarization, human rights abuses and the effects of low-intensity warfare on civilian communities.